1983Fishing and Farming between Mountains and Seas

Chapter 422 Overnight Operation
That night, Liang Ziqiang called his father, and the two of them drove a lotus-patterned wooden boat quietly towards Chengpan Island.

Ever since the news encouraging fishermen to salvage suspicious devices such as torpedoes was broadcast a while ago, the enthusiasm of fishermen in various villages has been high.

Judging from the actual situation in their area, the fishermen eventually salvaged more suspicious objects in the waters near Chengpan Island.

Chengpan Island, which was the island Liang Ziqiang had used as a shield for "Nameless Island", had attracted more people recently because of the torpedo incident.

It’s not because the Chengpan Island area is more worthy of exploration than other sea areas, but because of the ocean currents, some unidentified objects may have been secretly dropped in other unknown places, but were eventually brought to the Chengpan Island area by the ocean currents.

Many fishermen salvaged torpedoes while fishing at Chengpan Island and handed them in, and they were all rewarded.

With the reward, the fishermen have become more enthusiastic recently. During the day, many people like to go to the direction of Chengpan Island, cast their nets and fish, hoping to catch one or two mysterious "big fish".

Liang Ziqiang had already explained the tape to his father and revealed the dangers his family might face, but when he mentioned the tape, he did not mention Deng Zhaocai. Liang's father also heard something unusual and naturally became nervous, cooperating with him to think of a way to deal with it.

The father and son sailed to the area of ​​Chengpan Island. It was late at night and fishermen were used to staying at home at this time.

A solitary light moved across the sea, and apart from them, there was no other boat sight.

Because of the silence, the sound of the waves seemed more talkative than during the day, layer after layer seeming to drown their eardrums, mixed with the sound of foam growing bigger and bigger and then suddenly shattering.

The sea breeze seemed to have shape and substance, drawing threads in the air with its natural sounds.

The father and son worked together to cast the net non-stop, trying to make the net sink longer and deeper each time.

The harvest was indeed good.

Silver pomfret, swimming crab, and golden threadfish. The quantity is not large, but the price is still reasonable. When you go out to sea, don’t you look forward to these fish?

"Hurry up and don't just stand there. There are a lot of yellow croakers in the net. Bring the basket over!" Liang's father called Aqiang anxiously.

"Look, we got dozens of plum fish this time..."

"Look, these shrimps. There aren't many, but the price is reasonable..."

My father was busy and happy. Liang Ziqiang suspected that he was overwhelmed by the successive catches and had forgotten the real purpose of this trip...

But there is no other way. Fishing for torpedoes is something that cannot be forced, it is purely a matter of fate.

Although we didn't catch any torpedoes, we were able to catch some fish and shrimps, weighing dozens of pounds in each net. It was not a wasted trip, as it was better than getting an empty net.

Just like that, the planned trick turned into a simple night hunt...

Before daybreak, the father and son drove the lotus-patterned boat back to the village. They ate the fish and shrimp that could be kept, gave them to their father-in-law, and dried them. The rest were sold to Zheng Liu for some money.

But Liang Ziqiang did not give up and went again the next night.

"It looks like there's a big guy!"

This time, the two had just cast two nets, and when they pulled up the third net, it felt obviously heavier than usual.

But if they really did find a torpedo, Liang Ziqiang would feel something was not right, because a torpedo should be heavier.

The two of them worked together to pull it aboard, and they actually made an unusual discovery.

In addition to small fish and shrimps, there was a cylindrical object more than one meter long lying across the fishing net.

The cylinder is long and thin. When shining a flashlight on it, it should be covered with gray plastic. However, due to being soaked in sea water for a long time, the surface is now covered with various seaweeds.

The cylindrical object is obviously not as thick as a torpedo, and is much lighter than the torpedo shown on TV, and the shape is also significantly different.

However, the five propeller blades at the tail are somewhat similar to a torpedo.

"Submarine! In addition to torpedoes, this thing was also mentioned on TV last time, an unmanned submarine!" Liang Ziqiang became excited after taking a closer look.

(Note: Unmanned submarines have been put into use since 1963, and their use increased significantly in the 21s and s, not just in the st century. However, the functions of unmanned submarines in the s and s were not as rich and intelligent as those in later generations.)
Seeing the letters on the surface of the cylindrical object, Liang Ziqiang became more certain that although this thing was not a torpedo, it was, like a torpedo, a spy device of unknown origin!

It was mentioned in the TV news that a fisherman had salvaged this device and it was eventually confirmed to be an unmanned submersible. This thing is hidden in the sea, mainly to secretly collect data and information on ocean currents and hydrology in our sea area. "Are you going to take this back?" Liang's father looked at his son, not knowing how Aqiang would eventually operate it.

"No need, first find a place with grass on the Scale Island and save it for a day!"

Liang Ziqiang placed the submersible on the boat and continued to cast the net with his father.

Unfortunately, after spreading the net for half the night, they only caught some fish and shrimps, but never encountered any torpedoes, submarines, or the like.

Seeing that the time was almost up, they decided to end the salvage tonight. Liang Ziqiang drove the boat to Chengpan Island and found a patch of grass on the edge of the island.

He moved the submersible off the boat, placed it in the grass, and covered it carefully to make sure no one could find it.

After doing all this, we drove the boat back.

As a result, the saying "No matter how hard you try, you still can't find it, but when you find it, it's effortless" really came true. The boat had only sailed for about a few dozen meters, and in the dim light of the boat lights, a long and narrow object was seen floating and sinking on the water, drifting beside the boat.

"Quick, this thing looks similar to the one just now, it should be another submarine!"

Before the cylindrical object was about to pass by, Liang Ziqiang quickly cast a net, covered the object, and slowly pulled it onto the boat.

This one is estimated to be only about one meter long, shorter and lighter than the one that was salvaged from the bottom of the water earlier.

I don’t know if it was broken or what, but it just floated on the water and was seen by him.

After a quick inspection, it turned out to be an unmanned submersible with a slightly different shape. As usual, there was some seaweed hanging on the surface.

Liang Ziqiang immediately felt that the night was worth it. He immediately turned around and returned to Chengpan Island again. He put this submarine together with the one in front and covered it with grass first.

It was already four in the morning when I got home. I fell into bed and slept for five hours, got up at nine to eat, and immediately called my father to go out to sea again.

This time, it was not a lotus-patterned boat that was sailing, but a large steel ship.

Liang's father looked out while Liang Ziqiang started the boat. He did not stay in the shallow sea but headed straight for the deep sea.

Liang Ziqiang looked at the navigation compass beside him from time to time and adjusted the direction.

After driving for a long time, gradually, a rocky reef island came into view.

It was on this stone island that a killer whale was stranded last year. Later, Liang Ziqiang, Zhu Tianpeng, Deng Zhaocai and others managed to pour water on the whale to cool it down, helping it to survive and return to the sea.

At the same time, he found a lot of bicolor strawberry fish and saury on this island, and sold them for a lot of money. At that time, he thought that he could continue to come here to catch strawberry fish in the future, so he paid special attention to the direction so that he could come again next time.

After dropping anchor and stopping the big steel boat, Liang Ziqiang got off the boat again with a hand net and landed on the island. Soon, he saw twos and threes of strawberry fish appearing again.

However, this time Liang Ziqiang pretended not to see these valuable fish and had no intention of catching them.

He continued searching, and finally, above a crevice in the rock, he found a cluster of algae that looked like pine branches swaying, brushing the sunlight on the water.

This is a rare fleshy algae called interwoven pine algae. He discovered interwoven pine algae on this Killer Whale Island last year.

(The picture has been posted in the Killer Whale chapter at that time.)
The algae is dark green in color and has many forked branches like antlers, each of which is full of fleshy texture.

The interwoven pine algae were wrapped around the stone, and Liang Ziqiang tried to scoop it up with a hand net, but couldn't get it to break, so he reached out and pulled a handful off, quickly pulling it off and putting it in the bucket. After pulling it off, he continued to search along the edge of the reef island.

After walking around for a long time, he finally found four stones with interwoven pine algae. He pulled them all down without hesitation. He filled half a bucket, which was enough.

Carrying the seaweed, he returned to the big steel boat. Liang's father also approached the barrel and took a closer look at the seaweed inside.

"This kind of algae? This kind of algae can't be found everywhere. Could it be that you..."

Liang's father was stunned for a moment, and he seemed to have a little idea of ​​the real plan in Liang Ziqiang's mind...

(End of this chapter)